Chicago Tribune Reporter Targeted After World War II Scoop on Japanese Navy Codes

WASHINGTON—Newly released documents provide a road map of how the government tried to mount a no-holds-barred legal attack against journalists suspected of leaking military secrets.

But the memos weren't about the current-day Bradley Manning case. They came after a disclosure 71 years ago about World War II's Battle of Midway and show the U.S. has long wrestled with how to square national security and press freedom.